this year will be year number 6....my first bird was last year.....i had chances at turkeys every year.....but never took a shot....always had an excuse...thought it was too far..or to thick or something.....but in reality i now know a 12ga will do alot more then i thought...but i was young and learning......i dont regret not taking shots...i could wounded or missed them birds so im glad i didnt.....last spring i went hunting the second day myself...dad worked and i was finally 16 adn could hunt myself...it was my first time hunting alone...i went behind the house to where i scouted birds for a long time all by myself....8am i was tagging my first turkey...9 inch beard and 3/4 inch spurs....not huge but i think its a very respectable first turkey...and i did it all myself..from scouting to the hunt and the calling......noone helped me.....then i got my second this fall......a hen......all alone again....i was small game hunting mainly pheasants but looking for turkeys as well....she flushed high in the tree tops and i shot..first shot was a ligh 1 1.8th ounce load...second was a steel 2 3/4 inch mag.....she dropped out of the sky.....this year i just want to do some calling......hopefully call dad in a bird.....thats the funnest part......